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When you begin to hate Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, it may be time to reinvent your career in 2020?We’ve all had a bad week where the dread kicks in on a Sunday evening. But what if it’s every week and it’s not only Mondays but Tuesdays, Wednesdays and every day? Life’s too short. If this is how you or someone you know feels, it’s time to get honest with oneself and truly evaluate your career. Remember career satisfaction not only affects your work life but your whole life, your health and relationships outside of work too.How easy or difficult it’s going to be to make a change depends largely on what you’re currently doing, how much you earn, who’s dependent on you, your age, your education, how much savings you currently have, your current debt and of course your own self-doubt?Even if you feel you are stuck in a rut because of your current responsibilities and burdens, you should still toy with the idea of making a change. It won’t cost you anything to consider the idea. It may just mean that your plans will take longer to put in place and at least you may improve how you feel in general by looking to the future and giving yourself something to look forward to.Let 2020 be the year that you make some positive changes, but where do you start? Here are some tips to help you along the way.1. Identify the problemAsk yourself - Is it the company you want to move away from or the entire industry? Making a career change is a serious process that will require vast amounts of energy and effort. If the majority of your problems are people orientated - i.e. issues with management or your work colleagues, it will be worth considering moving to a new job before launching your journey to a brand new career.2. Find your competitive advantageMake a list of the things that you love to do and a list of things that you’re great at, not just good at – I mean really great at. Things that give you a competitive edge. Reviewing both lists may provide you with a good starting point when considering a career or life change.3. How to find out what you love‘Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life again.&#39;
Sick of hearing that quote? You and everyone else. But there is some truth in it.
If you say to yourself ‘I don’t know what I want to do with my life’, you’re certainly not alone.
The solution is to find what it is that you love. Then build your career around it.
How do I find out what I really love?
But I don’t know what I love? Yes you do! You just need to do some digging. Here’s where to start.
Questions to ask…. you
• What do you do when you have spare time?
• What do you want to be better at?
• Who inspires you? Why do they inspire you?
• What would you spend your time doing if you didn’t have to work?Audit your lifeBy breaking down your current behaviour, actions and patterns it will uncover where your curiosity and passion lie.You are leaving clues behind every day about what you love – so go find them!• Review your YouTube history and search history on Google• Review your internet browser bookmarks• Review your bank statements and see where your money is going every month• Speak to your friends, parents, family members or partner and ask them what you are always talking about?Go back to your childhoodIt’s time to take a stroll down memory lane.What did you love doing as a child before life got in the way? Make a list of all the activities and hobbies you can remember doing when you were younger. Think of happy times in your childhood too.<ul><li>When we’re you full of joy as a child?</li><li>Was there any activity that you were talented at?</li></ul>4. Research your optionsBe mindful of the fact that we can become blinkered by our current surroundings and remember that there are lots of different types of organisations and careers out there. You may only have a view of the industry that you are currently in. The culture in other industries could be completely different from your current employers, so be sure to do plenty of research to identify what’s attractive to you. Check out other businesses within your current industry and also not for profit organisations. Research has found that people who work for charities, social enterprises or other not-for-profit organisations increased their personal happiness levels sharply. People feel happier when they believe that their work is serving a greater purpose. Look around at the people who you think have perfect jobs. If you could swap places with someone, who would that be and why? What do they do? How happy are they really? Could you do what they’re doing? What do you have to do to get there? Maybe invite them out for a coffee, it’s best to be honest from the get go – tell them why you’d like to meet in advance. Most people will be happy to oblige.5. Beating self-doubtThere’s no doubt that making big changes can be daunting and challenging and contemplating such changes will immediately kick off self-doubt in the best of us. It’s a natural reaction but self-doubt can be paralysing, if you let it take over. The best way to overcome self-doubt is to clearly visualise what you want in your life and how you’d like your future to look. Look to your past accomplishments and remind yourself of your past successes. Replacing negative thoughts with positive ones helps to refocus your mind.Self-doubt is the bodies way of protecting you. It’s a reminder that you are venturing on something brave and important. It has a place in everyone’s life, but how we react to it, is the difference between success or failure. When you experience self-doubt, the best thing to do is to acknowledge it. It may help to write down a list of why you’re feeling like this. What are the obstacles that have the potential to hold you back? You can then put a plan in place for addressing them in a healthy and productive way. This will help you to remain more positive as you move forward.6. Rebuild your professional NetworkWhen considering a career change, have a look at your current network. Do you know anyone who is currently working in the field, if you do link back up with them? A good place to reconnect with people is on LinkedIn. Getting to speak to people who work in your chosen area is an excellent way to gain valuable knowledge about the inner workings of the industry or specific companies. Surrounding yourself with the right people can have a profound impact on your career prospects. 7. Focus on your transferable skillsShowcasing your transferable skills to potential hiring managers is one of the most effective methods for successfully making a career change. Transferable skills, as the name suggests, are skills that can be transferred from one field to another. They’re often referred to as portable skills because you take them along with you from job to job.

Because of their versatility, transferable skills are of interest to any employer regardless of the industry.
 Examples of Transferable Skills
<ul><li>Communication</li><li>Organization
</li><li>Problem-solving</li><li>Management</li><li>Leadership</li><li>Time management
</li><li>Prioritisation</li><li>Delegation</li><li>Listening</li></ul>How to highlight your transferable skills: CV, Cover Letter &amp; InterviewA great opportunity to display your transferable skills on your CV is within the Competencies/Achievement section. Each transferable skill should be written in the present tense and will detail how you demonstrate the particular skill. Here are some examples:Customer service: Exceptional at dealing with customers and problem solving. Winner of two customer service awards in the past 12 months. Reduced customer complaints overall by 30% within my first year of employment.
Leader and high performer: Successfully captained my local football team to a first ever league title. I was voted player of the year for the past two seasons. Consistently got results and motivated team members to perform to the best of their ability.
Proactive: Learned Java Script in my spare time through an online training course on weekends. Extremely focused on continuing to upskill and increasing my market value.
Forward thinker and innovative: Proven track record of finding new product solutions. Proactively sought new systems to improve the aftersales process at *COMPANY NAME* which resulted in a 55% increase in repeat business.
Excellent communicator: Managed dispute resolutions successfully for small and medium enterprises by proactively understanding and empathising with all parties to find solutions.
High achiever: Completed my undergraduate studies with an average assessment result of 80%. Achieved perfect attendance during my final two years of university.
Problem solver: Lead a team of 5 people at *COMPANY NAME* to successfully complete a process improvement overhaul which focused entirely on becoming a paperless business. The project objective was reached a month before deadline.
For the best results make a list of the skills related to the position you are applying for and incorporate them into your core competencies and achievements section within your CV. Cover LetterWe have a detailed guide on how to include your transferable skills within your cover letter. Check it out <a href="https://www.jobalert.ie/blog/how-to-write-a-cover-letter-instructions-and-template-included">here.</a>Interview preparationBehavioral-based questions during the interview will allow you to effectively demonstrate your transferable skills to hiring managers. One great method to use will be the STAR method. The STAR method is a structured manner of responding to a behavioral-based interview question by discussing the specific situation, task, action, and result of the situation you are describing. Here&#39;s how it works:Situation: Describe the situation that you were in or the task that you needed to accomplish.
Task: What goal were you working toward?
Action: Describe the actions you took to address the situation with an appropriate amount of detail and keep the focus on YOU. What specific steps did you take and what was your particular contribution? Be careful that you don’t describe what the team or group did when talking about a project, but what you actually did. Use the word “I,” not “we” when describing actions.
Result: Describe the outcome of your actions and don’t be shy about taking credit for your behavior. What happened? How did the event end? What did you accomplish? What did you learn? Make sure your answer contains multiple positive results.
Finally, If you need any help putting your CV together you can check out our step by step guide <a href="https://www.jobalert.ie/blog/how-to-write-a-cv-step-by-step-guide-template">here</a> which includes a sample CV and cover letter with details instructions. The sample CV template is also available for download which you can use to help put your own CV together. We wish you the very best of luck with your master plan for 2020.

7 Steps to a Successful Career Change in 2020

1. Putting your job search on hold until January could be a bad idea. Your application could get lost amongst all the other candidates that decide over the Christmas/New Year break to start a fresh career in 2020. Applying now would be far better as there&#39;s less competition right now.

2. Companies will be reviewing their budgets and headcount requirements for the year ahead, so a lot of business are already looking to fill jobs and they may start advertising now before they finish up for Christmas.

3. People move jobs around this time of the year and could also be heading back home. They could actually be working through their notice right now - so the back-filling process will have already started.

4. Continuing your job hunt during December also shows you’re a go-getter! Other jobseekers may slow down and get into party mode instead – reducing your competition further.

5. Job Advertising is our business so we get to see all the jobs and believe me, it’s not quiet at all this year! So, keep the Laptop out and get searching, you might just land yourself the perfect gift of a brand new opportunity for Christmas &amp; New Year 2020!

Best of Luck from the Team at JobAlert.ie

Why you should continue your job search now and throughout the holidays!

Director & Chief Biscuit Dunker

Sean Breen

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How many people will see my job?
Right now, we have over 300,000 social media followers and over 500,000 monthly visitors to our website. So your jobs will get plenty of exposure.
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You can specify how you would like to receive job applications when uploading a job. You can request to receive applications by email or provide a link to your careers page/candidate management system – the choice is completely yours.
Can I choose which counties I want to target?
Yes, you can choose which counties you’d like to share your job to when you post it. Right now we have specific social media pages targeting each county in Ireland and in the capital we have specific pages for Dublin North, South, West and the City Centre. You can also choose to post your job nationwide to all our pages.
Do you provide graphic design work for sharing my job on social media?
Each job package comes with a standard graphic for use on social media. For custom graphics, get in touch.
Can I keep my company name confidential?
Yes, your company can be kept anonymous when posting jobs on JobAlert.ie.
How do I pay?
It’s very straightforward. Just select the the number of job credits that you want, continue through the checkout process and pay with your credit card. You can then use your job credits to post your jobs. Once payment has been completed a payment receipt will be sent immediately to your email address. No hidden fees or subscriptions. Just purchase more job credits as you require them.
Can I be invoiced instead of paying by debit or credit card?
Yes. If you are buying multiple job credits we can offer credit terms and we’ll also give you a discount for bulk orders. Call our sales department directly at +353 1 849 5003 to discuss further.
Do you offer custom packages?
Yes. We can build you a customized solution to fit your needs. If that means tailoring a package that includes unlimited job credits, multiple weekly shares on social media, or prioritizing jobs that needed to be filled yesterday, it can be done. Contact us at info@jobalert.ie or call us today to discuss on +353 1 849 5003.
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We fully adhere to all European Data Protection Legislation. This is outlined in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.Advertise your jobs today! Get started <a href="https://www.jobalert.ie/employers?utm_source=November&amp;utm_medium=facebook-organic&amp;utm_campaign=driving-you-crazy">here.</a>

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<h2>Job Description</h2>Work from Home with Wayfair! Sales and Service Consultant - English speaking rolesLocation: Ireland: In your Home!At Wayfair we believe that Everyone should live in a home they Love! We are now offering you the opportunity to work in the home you love!We are looking for highly motivated team players who want to help us revolutionize the ecommerce market for furniture &amp; home accessories putting our Customers first! The team is responsible for resolving customer issues for our UK customers. We answer a huge variety of customer queries and we help them find the perfect items for their home from our Wayfair website.Become part of a great team and a true Wayfairian!What You&#39;ll Do:As a Work from Home Sales &amp; Service Consultant you are the first point of contact for our UK customers by answering their contacts by phone or email. You will support our customers in relation to their orders, products, payment processing and problems that they are encountering. To achieve the best possible result for our Wayfair customers, you will partner with other departments, supplier and logistics stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in delivering a world class experience. All done from the comfort of your own home.Your Work From Home Profile:<ul><li>You enjoy putting the Customer first having experienced working in a Customer Service &amp; Support environment</li><li>You demonstrate a high level of Customer orientation demonstrating empathy &amp; passion</li><li>You naturally have a friendly, communicative and confident communication style both verbal &amp; written</li><li>You effectively tailor your communication style to differing customers &amp; stakeholders needs</li><li>You have strong Internet / PC skills – comfortable and proficient in a technology-driven business</li><li>You are confident to self-manage and work independently in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment</li><li>You excel as part of a team where expertise is shared and feedback is welcomed</li><li>You are fluent in verbal and written English</li></ul>What Makes Your Work So Special with Us?Work with like-minded people who think entrepreneurially and feel inspired in a performance-oriented environment.<ul><li>Great office space? Well as great as you want to make your home right and we can help with an Employee discount on all our products! But forget the long commute time, petrol &amp; transport costs and when you have finished your day you are already home!</li><li>Money is important: We offer you an attractive base salary with a bonus plan based on your individual success</li><li>Shape your career: You have many opportunities for further education in a rapidly expanding global organisation</li><li>Be part of our ever-expanding team in Europe and enjoy regular team events, company parties and plenty of networking options</li><li>You have a great network and know people who also want to work at Wayfair? Then recommend them and get an employee referral bonus</li><li>We are a fantastic force that builds with passion and fun in a growing ecommerce company</li></ul>What Does my Work from Home Office Look Like?Working from home isn’t for everyone, but if you’re confident, disciplined, and self-motivated, you can achieve a work life balance that you have been craving for!You will need to provide a quiet, distraction-free work space within a dedicated room. This room will need a door that you can shut, an ergonomic chair, a desk and your own uninterrupted fibre broadband, fixed line hard-wired Ethernet connection (consistent speed throughout the day of 25 megabits download &amp; 5 megabit upload). We will provide all other equipment required.What We Need From You?<ul><li>Confirmation of Broadband speeds. Ability to maintain the required internet speed of at least 25 Mbps (download) and 5 Mbps (upload) to support voice traffic and HTTPS web traffic using a hard-wire Ethernet internet connection (no WiFi)</li><li>Successful completion of a pre-employment assessment and background check</li><li>Legally eligible to work and live in Ireland</li><li>Available to commit to a fixed Monday to Friday 08:30 GMT to 17:00 GMT training schedule for the first 4 weeks and successful completion of initial training</li><li>Flexible to work between the hours of 07:00 GMT and 22:00 GMT including weekends &amp; holidays</li></ul>What We Offer You:<ul><li>Health insurance</li><li>Pension</li><li>Bonus</li><li>Home office support contribution</li><li>Gym Membership contribution</li><li>Employee Purchase Discounts</li><li>Paid Volunteering Day</li></ul>About Us:Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair – and world – for all. Every voice, every perspective matters. 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The Galway Bay Irish Pub
Innsbruck, Austria
A long established and successfully Irish owned Irish pub in the heart of the Austrian alps requires a full time barperson. Full training on how an Irish pub abroad operates will be given and the ability to learn quickly will be important. This is an ideal opportunity for a gap year student, a winter season on the snow or for someone who sees hospitality as a career going forward. Shifts are from early evening to close and on occasion daytime duties to include taking in deliveries/yard etc. The days are free to enjoy the nearby mountains, skiing/snow boarding/hiking/biking etc.Start: Immediate or ASAPRequirements/Duties:• Minimum 1yrs good bar and or waiting experience essential.• Customer focused, friendly, responsible, disciplined, common sense attitude, team player and the ability to work well and efficient under pressure.• You will be required to open and close the pub on occasion and assist our young and efficient manager in the day to day running of the business.• All completed courses in hospitality and catering should be documented on your CV and will be taken into account but not essential.• English is the spoken language in the pub but the ability to pick up basic German would be important.• Kitchen knowledge and have the ability to prepare basic dishes from our snack menu.You will be notified within 48hrs on receipt of your CV by what’s app should it be of interest to us.Terms and conditions:• Payment discussed and negotiated at interview.• 25 days fully paid holidays.• Full medical insurance.• Accommodation available in a city centre location.<a href="https://www.jobalert.ie/job/apply/5d976c0f8c7809001dfe3c8b">APPLY HERE.</a>

Fancy a move to the Alps? The Galway Bay Irish Pub are hiring a bar person

We’ve all been through the gruelling experience of our friends, family, co-workers and even strangers on the street telling us we need to smile more. But studies conducted by Penn State University in Pennsylvania and Buffalo University in New York claim that acting on that advice can actually lead to an increase in alcohol consumption.
According to the report published by the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, the study focused on subjects who worked in catering and hospitality, school and university teachers, and those in the medical profession such as doctors and nurses.
Using data collated from interviews with 1,592 American workers, the study found that forcing or holding back emotions in the workplace (termed ‘surface acting’) connected the amount of alcohol they consumed afterwards, as well as how autonomous they felt and how impulsive they were with decisions.
Alicia Gradney, a professor in psychology at Penn State University, said in a press release: ‘Faking and suppressing emotions with customers was related to drinking beyond the stress of the job or feeling negatively.
‘It wasn’t just feeling badly that makes them reach for a drink. Instead, the more they have to control negative emotions at work, the less they are able to control their alcohol intake after work.’ 
In other words, forcing yourself to smile at work to keep other people happy takes so much self-control to maintain that once your working day is done, you’ve not got any left to control your drinking. It’s not totally an emotional thing – you’re not overdoing it because you hate your job and need something to take the edge off – more the fact that you’ve expended so much energy during working hours that there’s nothing left to combat your brain’s call for one more drink.
It also occurs on weekends, too.
Gradney went on to claim: ‘Smiling as part of your job sounds like a really positive thing, but doing it all day can be draining.
‘In these jobs, there’s also often money tied to showing positive emotions and holding back negative feelings. Money gives you a motivation to override your natural tendencies, but doing it all day can be wearing.
‘Employers may want to consider allowing employees to have a little more autonomy at work, like they have some kind of choice on the job, and when the emotional effort is clearly linked to financial or relational rewards, the effects aren’t so bad.’ 
Basically, if the workers believe that their faux happiness isn’t going to help them progress in their job, they’re more likely to descend into alcoholism as a result of drained emotional energy during the day. But should employers allow their workers to have more control and free will over their engagement and sense of purpose, this is less likely to happen.
They also need to feel able to express their true emotions, even if they might be a tad negative.

Fake smiling at work may lead to heavy drinking - Study finds

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This 18-week Bootcamp has been designed to teach you the core concepts in UX. You will learn the skills of a UX Designer and apply them across a wide range of platforms such as Web, Mobile, Wearables, AI, AR/VR, Medical, Software as a Service (SaaS) and Gaming. You will leave with the skills needed to conduct UX research, develop hypotheses, validate them using prototypes and run design sprints.
Every week, you’ll do two evening sessions that blend lecture and practical labs to ensure you get practical experience and develop your portfolio to accelerate your career.
The demand for user experience (UX) design skills has never been higher. Increasingly, Graphic Designers, Web Developers, Software Engineers and Product Managers need to truly understand their users before they can create the right solution.BUILD YOUR PORTFOLIO
Building your design portfolio is important to all designers and getting the opportunity to work with ambitious companies in this space also build a valuable network. This is why we have developed two project components into our Bootcamp. The projects are actual UX Design challenges. One project component is called Bring Your Own Design challenge (BYOD) and is to be sourced by you from within your own work. The other component is the Industry Project sourced by Talent Garden from external industry partners.LEARNING OUTCOMES
<ul><li>Apply end-to-end User Experience principles and research strategies.</li><li>Apply specific UX standards, conventions and work practices across a wide range of areas such as Web, Mobile, SaaS, Wearables, Medical and Gaming.</li><li>Learn about user testing, cognitive user behaviour and Human-Computer Interaction models.</li><li>Conduct UX Audits using current frameworks (journey maps, personas and customer value curves) to articulate the existing customer experience.</li><li>Learn about the future of UX on emerging media such as voice, haptics, 360 video, chatbots and the new opportunities and skills required.</li><li>Understand the importance of evolving business models and how to collaborate with key stakeholders and customers to drive product direction in a commercial environment.</li><li>Design, develop and run collaborative Design Sprint tailored to various contexts.</li><li>Build your portfolio, your network and accelerate your design career.</li></ul>Key learning areas
SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE
UX design is core to the Software as a Service (SaaS) model as it is built upon key interactions between the user and the product/service. Our Bootcamp takes a deep dive into how to optimize your SaaS user experience and deliver higher adoption rates, lower initial costs, and painless upgrades. Learn about the process of designing SaaS systems, validating product/market fit, UX frameworks and principles, onboarding, UI design, premiumisation of features, right through to creating go to market and customer retention strategies.
TRANSMEDIA
Designers have to leverage many forms and styles of media in order to connect with new users and retain existing ones. Learn how to reimagine and redefine for these audiences who will engage with your work. Transmedia goes beyond text, visual and screen elements to explore emergent forms of voice, 360 video, VR and haptics in a design context. This reflects not only on how we design for users but also who will engage and consume our offerings.
DESIGN SPRINT
Learn the theory behind what exactly a Design Sprint is and crucially how it has evolved into the world of practice. Learn from industry experts how to run your own sprint and the process involved in fulfilling real user needs. This agile method helps you to see finished products and understand customer reactions before making any expensive commitments. Sprints are a valuable part of any designers toolkit and with the right approach, they enable iterations and interaction with real customers and cross-functional teams, in a short time period.
DESIGN TOOLBOX
The designer&#39;s toolkit is large and forever evolving. We will teach you many tools and most importantly when to use which. Learn about core user-centred methodologies including Design Thinking, Lean UX and Customer Co-Creation practices. Understand how to choose the right prototype and the right level of fidelity. Learn the best interactive prototype tools and understand what Artificial Intelligence holds for the future of UX.Register here: <a href="http://bit.ly/2Ym4g43">http://bit.ly/2Ym4g43</a>

User Experience Design Bootcamp - Part-Time Course - 18 Weeks

PART-TIME BOOTCAMPDATA SCIENCEFutureproof your skillset with Machine Learning, R, Data Visualisation and PowerBIWHY JOIN THIS COURSE?This 18-week bootcamp teaches you the skills you need to deliver data science projects effectively. You learn the core skills and concepts in data science whilst advancing to topics like deep learning and natural language processing to enable you to meet modern business needs. Every week, you’ll do two evening sessions that blend lecture and labs to ensure you get practical experience that will help you become a successful data scientist.This unique accelerated Bootcamp covers the fundamentals that everyone will need in order to be successful in data science – data mining, data visualisation, data exploration, machine learning, AI and work practices. You will work on real datasets applying the latest techniques for arriving at conclusions and making predictions.WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?The demand for data science skills has never been higher. Increasingly software engineers, web developers and product managers are embedding analytics and data mining capabilities within their deployments.This Bootcamp is ideal for people looking to acquire data science skills needed to stay ahead of the game – typically IT or finance professionals – risk, accountants, analysts – as well as business &amp; data analysts, researchers, academics and software engineers seeking to learn more, upskill and gain a competitive advantage from their data.LEARNING OUTCOMES<ul><li>Comfortable with a robust data science process and able to implement the process in your own projects</li><li>Able to analyse data using popular platforms (R, Power BI) and produce quality reports and conclusions</li><li>Benefit from practical industry-led workshops that cover the most popular technologies and platforms (R, Power BI) for data science and their application.</li><li>Well-versed in multiple models / algorithms that can be applied to make predictions and able to identify and apply the right ones for different data science challenges</li><li>Knowledgeable about techniques for working with and making predictions based on non-tabular data</li><li>Understand deep learning and natural language processing topics and their application</li><li>Apply learning to your own dataset and other pre-defined dataset challenges</li><li>Aware of further resources for continued self-learning</li></ul>Key learning areasDATA EXPLORATIONBy exploring your data you will uncover hidden trends and insights. Our faculty are skilled practitioners in R - the most prolific programming language for data science applications - and they will upskill you in bespoke packages for outlier detection, duplicate removal, generating frequency tables and more. Getting to know your data doesn&#39;t require in-depth programming skills, R is straightforward and we will teach you the basics before the course starts, so you can hit the ground running and build impeccable models by the end.MACHINE LEARNINGIncreasingly, ML is being employed by engineers in chatbots, automated vehicles, image detection, personal assistants and a plethora of finance and marketing avenues. Software engineers and data analysts are bringing machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions to bear, automating the analysis process. Our course will teach you the core statistical principles and algorithms for ML up to and including the basics of constructing convolutional neural networks (CNNs).DATA VISUALISATIONThere is an increasing need to extract value from data investments. Data Visualisation enables you to present your new knowledge clearly and persuasively. Participants learn about new tools and techniques that deliver state-of-the-art data visualisations quickly and easily. You learn from best practice and develop a workflow that takes you from raw data to impressive visuals using the latest tools including Charticulator and Data Illustrator.DATA ENGINEERING AND MACHINE LEARNING OPERATIONSLearn how to build and deliver end-to-end data and machine learning pipelines that take dirty or distributed data, consolidate it, build relevant features, train and retrain models, and publish for use in applications. The exploratory data analysis and machine learning workflows built throughout the course will be turned into scalable solutions that can fit into a production software environment. In practice, this means you will be able to lead and manage your own Data Science projects.For more information or to apply click <a href="http://bit.ly/2xiUMq0">here.</a>

Data Science Boot Camp - 18 Week Course - Part Time

User Experience Design Bootcamp - 18 Week Part-Time Course

PART-TIME BOOTCAMP
DATA SCIENCE
Futureproof your skillset with Machine Learning, R, Data Visualisation and PowerBIWHY JOIN THIS COURSE?
This 18-week bootcamp teaches you the skills you need to deliver data science projects effectively. You learn the core skills and concepts in data science whilst advancing to topics like deep learning and natural language processing to enable you to meet modern business needs. Every week, you’ll do two evening sessions that blend lecture and labs to ensure you get practical experience that will help you become a successful data scientist.
This unique accelerated Bootcamp covers the fundamentals that everyone will need in order to be successful in data science – data mining, data visualisation, data exploration, machine learning, AI and work practices. You will work on real datasets applying the latest techniques for arriving at conclusions and making predictions.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
The demand for data science skills has never been higher. Increasingly software engineers, web developers and product managers are embedding analytics and data mining capabilities within their deployments.
This Bootcamp is ideal for people looking to acquire data science skills needed to stay ahead of the game – typically IT or finance professionals – risk, accountants, analysts – as well as business &amp; data analysts, researchers, academics and software engineers seeking to learn more, upskill and gain a competitive advantage from their data.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
<ul><li>Comfortable with a robust data science process and able to implement the process in your own projects
</li><li>Able to analyse data using popular platforms (R, Power BI) and produce quality reports and conclusions
</li><li>Benefit from practical industry-led workshops that cover the most popular technologies and platforms (R, Power BI) for data science and their application.
</li><li>Well-versed in multiple models / algorithms that can be applied to make predictions and able to identify and apply the right ones for different data science challenges
</li><li>Knowledgeable about techniques for working with and making predictions based on non-tabular data
</li><li>Understand deep learning and natural language processing topics and their application
</li><li>Apply learning to your own dataset and other pre-defined dataset challenges
</li><li>Aware of further resources for continued self-learning</li></ul>Key learning areasDATA EXPLORATION
By exploring your data you will uncover hidden trends and insights. Our faculty are skilled practitioners in R - the most prolific programming language for data science applications - and they will upskill you in bespoke packages for outlier detection, duplicate removal, generating frequency tables and more. Getting to know your data doesn&#39;t require in-depth programming skills, R is straightforward and we will teach you the basics before the course starts, so you can hit the ground running and build impeccable models by the end.MACHINE LEARNING
Increasingly, ML is being employed by engineers in chatbots, automated vehicles, image detection, personal assistants and a plethora of finance and marketing avenues. Software engineers and data analysts are bringing machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions to bear, automating the analysis process. Our course will teach you the core statistical principles and algorithms for ML up to and including the basics of constructing convolutional neural networks (CNNs).DATA VISUALISATION
There is an increasing need to extract value from data investments. Data Visualisation enables you to present your new knowledge clearly and persuasively. Participants learn about new tools and techniques that deliver state-of-the-art data visualisations quickly and easily. You learn from best practice and develop a workflow that takes you from raw data to impressive visuals using the latest tools including Charticulator and Data Illustrator.DATA ENGINEERING AND MACHINE LEARNING OPERATIONS
Learn how to build and deliver end-to-end data and machine learning pipelines that take dirty or distributed data, consolidate it, build relevant features, train and retrain models, and publish for use in applications. The exploratory data analysis and machine learning workflows built throughout the course will be turned into scalable solutions that can fit into a production software environment. In practice, this means you will be able to lead and manage your own Data Science projects.For more information or to apply click<a href="http://bit.ly/2xiUMq0"> here.</a>

Data Science Boot Camp - 18 Week Part-Time Course

Ever wanted to live and work in the sand, sea and sun-kissed super-city of Dubai? The award-winning Irish Village Dubai is looking for service staff to join its amazing venue in tax-free Dubai where they have the largest number of Irish staff working in their bars anywhere in the world outside of Ireland.The team at Irish Village Dubai which is now working on opening its third venue and are looking to add even more to the authenticity of their bars by recruiting more Irish staff.Historically, Irish pubs are renowned throughout the world for their vibrant and friendly atmosphere, full of character and characters and above all, a place where you immediately feel at home. The Irish Village in Dubai is no exception. Their traditional, authentic wooden pubs are steeped in character and have their own story to tell with much of the bars fabric having been designed and produced in Ireland and rebuilt in Dubai. All the decor has been brought from Ireland with even the massive floor paving stones coming all the way from Liscannor in Co. Clare.
&lt;ad&gt;Job details:Omni Serv are currently recruiting a team of waiter&#39;s and waitresses to work within The Irish Village, Dubai. The Irish Village is hugely popular in the area and is based within two locations in Dubai, Garhoud and Studio City.
It consists of numerous bars and restaurants, and also offers entertainment consisting of concerts, gigs, ladies nights etc.
We are looking for applicants from the Hospitality Sector with at least 1 year&#39;s experience, having worked within a fast paced bar, hotel club etc.
We are looking for applicants that are ready to make a move asap, used to working in a fast paced environment, can think on their feet, work well within a large team, with a strong focus on customer service.
Important information: <ul><li>2 Year contract</li><li>Salary Monthly AED 4,742 (Euro 1149.88) excluding tips.
</li><li>Travel and accommodation paid for, plus work visa.
</li><li>Uniform provided.
</li><li>Working hours 48hrs weekly, 5 days a week, 10 hrs a day.
</li><li>3 - Month probation period.
</li><li>Holidays 30 days per anum.
</li><li>Full medical will also have to be completed, which will cost €145.00.
</li></ul>HOW TO APPLY:Please submit your CV to ann.mcentee@abm.com
For more information visit on Dubai Irish Village visit <a href="https://theirishvillage.com">here.</a>Job originally sourced <a href="https://www.jobsireland.ie/en-US/job-Details?id=2120362">here.</a>

Waiting Staff Wanted at The Irish Village Dubai - Expenses Paid

UX Design Bootcamp - 18 Week Part-Time Course

What is it?In advance of our upcoming Data Science Bootcamp, we are pleased to announce an open evening to explore the importance of data quality. Talent Garden faculty member, Steph Locke - data scientist and Microsoft AI MVP talks Garbage In, Garbage Out - The pitfalls of bad data.Steph takes on the importance of having good data especially for AI subsets like machine learning and deep learning, which gain greater capabilities over time by analyzing large sets of data, learning from them and making adjustments that make the applications more intelligent.But what if the data is biased, corrupted or wrong? This workshop explores how to clean your data to safeguard data quality and ensure your insights are gold, not garbage.Who is it for?This workshop is ideal for anyone interested in learning more about the Data Science Bootcamp and how this course can accelerate their career. You might be an IT professional, a Finance Specialist, Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Researcher, Academics, Software Engineer or simply interested in learning more about the data science discipline.Key Takeaways:<ul><li>Horror stories to help convince others about data quality</li><li>Insight into incentive structures for front-line staff re: quality data input</li><li>An understanding of user experience and usability methods for improving data entry</li><li>An awareness of post-collection cleaning and management techniques to improve quality</li></ul>Faculty BioSteph Locke is one of only three individuals in the world to be recognised with both Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence Most Valued Professional (MVP) award and their Data Platform MVP award. She is the founder of Locke Data, a UK-based data science consultancy, and Nightingale HQ, an online platform connecting data science and AI consultancies to businesses who need their expertise.About the Data Science BootcampFutureproof your skillset with Machine Learning, R, Data Visualisation and PowerBI | 18-week Part-time BootcampThis unique accelerated Bootcamp covers the fundamentals that everyone will need in order to be successful in data science – data mining, data visualisation, data exploration, machine learning, AI and work practices. Over 18 weeks (two evenings per week) you work on real datasets applying the latest techniques for arriving at conclusions and making predictions<a href="https://schooldublin.talentgarden.org/data-science-bootcamp/"></a><a href="https://schooldublin.talentgarden.org/data-science-bootcamp/"></a>About Talent GardenFounded in Italy in 2011, we have grown to become the largest European tech coworking and training, provider. Based in the DCU Alpha Innovation Campus in Dublin, we launched in October 2018. Our Dublin location joins 18 other cities including Copenhagen, Milan and Barcelona, making Talent Garden Europe’s leading innovation platform for the digital and tech community.The Innovation School offers a range of masterclasses in AI, Data and Leadership designed to accelerate managers&#39; skills and knowledge. We also offer 18-week Bootcamps (2 evenings per week) in Data Science and UX Design designed to equip individuals with the skills needed to take their career to the next level.Register here: <a href="http://bit.ly/2ytncyn">http://bit.ly/2ytncyn</a>

Data Science Free Information Session - August 26th 2019

Aristocrat offers to fly six students on a private jet to her family&#39;s island off the coast of Chile where they will live for six months and earn £18,000
Lady Kristyna Drummond-Hay, 37, wants to help conserve family island in Chile 
She is offering six students the chance to fly there on a private jet 
They will then be given free accommodation and meals , along with lessons from a &#39;well-known conservationist and doctor&#39; during their stay
In return they will help conserve the island, which was previously uninhabited A British aristocrat with links to the royal family is looking for six people to live on her family&#39;s uninhabited island off the coast of Chile for six months.
Lady Kristyna Drummond-Hay, 37, says she will pay the intrepid adventurers £3,000-per-month, fly them to the island on a private jet, and provide them with three meals a day during the excursion.
The lucky six will also be taught &#39;by a well-known conservationist and doctor&#39; during their stay on Isla Drummond-Hay.Applications are open to conservation students aged over 18, or students in other environmental disciplines.
The purpose of the scheme is to help preserve the island itself, and inspire people to pursue a life of conservation work.
Speaking to North Wales Live, Lady Kristyna said: &#39;My family and I pride ourselves on our philanthropic work and we have poured millions in the upkeep of the island due to erosion, plastic pollution and other environmental hazards.&#39;The island has solely been for conservation purposes with seal colonies and many varieties of exotic birds nesting there.
&#39;We have decided that this wonderful space and accommodation could be better utilised so we are &quot;opening our doors&quot; and inviting students of conservation (or other environmental disciplines) to stay on the island for up to six months with all expenses including flights paid and be able to see the sights and sounds of Isla Drummond-Hay whilst being educated by a well-known conservationist and doctor.&#39;Lady Kristyna is from a prestigious family and is the is the granddaughter of William Huntley Drummond-Hay, the 15th Earl of Perthshire.
She is also related to Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, the first woman to circumnavigate the world in the Graf Zeppelin in August 1929. 
The Drummond-Hay family itself is believed to be worth billions, and her ancestors sold Balmoral Castle to Queen Victoria.
Other relatives include show jumping champion Anneli Drummond-Hay and Bettina DrummondHay, who dated Prince Charles before he married Princess Diana.
But she gave up that lifestyle last year after meeting 34-year-old Welsh former farmer Michael Lloyd, on a dating site specifically for farmers.Michael, who is currently an engineer but also served 10 years in the military, chatted with Kristyna online for five months before flying to meet her in Australia.
She splits her time between the country and her farmhouse in Perthshire, Scotland. 
The pair had a long-distance relationship before getting engaged, then married at the Welsh Church in Melbourne in February.
Kristyna said ahead of the ceremony that they would keep the nuptials low-key, and hold the reception in a pub.To apply, e-mail cabo.de.vismes@zoho.com

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